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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The county that encompasses Manhattan added more than 17,000 residents in the year ending last July. That’s…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a highly sensitive U.S. visit, Taiwan’s president…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have passed a sprawling energy package that would counter virtually all of…

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday the opposition-dominated National Assembly can take up the question of…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fire broke out on a ferry in the southern Philippines and raged overnight for eight…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A protester arrested for disrupting West Virginia lawmakers as they moved to ban…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won’t veto a Republican-led measure to end the national…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s special academy for training workers in the film and television industry is a step closer to fruition.…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban militants have killed four police officers and wounded six in a pair of attacks in…

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Bulls center Andre Drummond missed the team’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers after he…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge has ordered the U.S. government to resume regular oil and gas lease sales on federal lands in North Dakota. The order…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an employee of Catholic Charities of Omaha who says she suffered physical and emotional…

CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County jury has awarded nearly $5 million to the family of an 84-year-old retired teacher who was killed when a police…

Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media say Israel is staging airstrikes in the Damascus area. Loud explosions were heard over…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota schools would be required to show students high-quality video of how a human fetus…

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press Actor Melissa Joan Hart said she and her husband helped a class of kindergartners that was fleeing the Nashville…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will no longer allow children and young teens to marry. Republican Gov. Jim…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker wants to end a ban on state-funded travel to states with…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen is urging rival political parties in North Macedonia to end a dispute…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press NORTH CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Family, friends and other mourners gathered at a Virginia church to remember Irvo…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are accusing Washington, D.C. officials of losing control of the capital…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Washington Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal is facing a possible misdemeanor charge in central Florida. A fan accused the…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN MIAMI (AP) — The former general counsel for Venezuela’s state-owned oil company pleaded guilty in Miami federal court on money…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for a group of Tesla shareholders are asking Delaware’s Supreme Court to…

By KEVIN McGILL and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in federal…